A Companion to Restoration Drama

This Companion illustrates the vitality and diversity of
dramatic work 1660 to 1710. Twenty-five essays by leading scholars
in the field bring together the best recent insights into the full
range of dramatic practice and innovation at the time.

Introduces readers to the recent boom in scholarship that has
revitalised Restoration drama

Explores historical and cultural contexts, genres of
Restoration drama, and key dramatists, among them Dryden and
Behn

Susan J. Owen teaches in the Department of English Literature at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Restoration Theatre and Crisis (1996) and Perspectives on Restoration Drama (forthcoming), as well as numerous articles and essays on Restoration drama, a piece on Andrew Marvell and a theoretical article, ‘Chaos Theory, Marxism and Literature; (new formations, 1996). She has also edited A Babel of Bottles: Drink, Drinkers and Drinking Places in Literature (2000).

"The book will serve its audience very well, and those needing
further guidance will profit from the list of further reading at
the end of each essay. Highly recommended for academic libraries,
the volume will be especially helpful to upper-division
undergraduate and graduate students." Choice

"[...] the riches of Susan Owen's book are sufficient to ensure
it a place on anyone's list of essential reading on Restoration
Drama."Notes and Queries

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